Massachusetts Bay Colony (Salem as the focus)
- Settled in 1626
- Located in the northeast part of modern day Massachusetts
- Originally set up to be a fishing community
- The mother country of Salem is indeed England
- Their founder is Roger Conant
Salem Key Players
John Winthrop
- A wealthy English Puritan lawyer
- Served as governor for 12 years of the first 20 years of existence
- he was a very religious man even by Puritan standards
- His son, John, became founder of Connecticut
John Hathorne
- Born into a well-established Salem family on August 5,1641
- Salem magistrated and was chosen by Governor Sir William Phips to be a judge in the Salem Witch Trials
- Known for treating the "witches" as they were guilty and that they needed to prove their innocence
- Known as the hanging judge
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